Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is going to be premiering in March 2024, even earlier than the producers originally intended. We're here to tell you everything you need to know. We've got the release date, a trailer to hype you up, the full cast, and more!
Since 1984 the beloved Ghostbusters movies have been with us. But even after 40 years, we are stills excited for new iterations, which is where Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire comes in. In fact, we are especially excited since this new film takes inspiration from the 1980s animated series .
With the death of the original producer of the Ghostbuster movies, Ivan Reitman, we're also getting new producers for the upcoming film. But they'll be keeping it in the family; Ivan's son Jason Reitman will take over the production alongside Jason Blumenfeld.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Early Release Date & Trailer
Before I start diving way too deep into background info, here is the trailer for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
The trailer only tells us the movie will be released in March, but Sony announced yesterday (January 9) that Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is going to be released on March 22, 2024, one week earlier than expected.
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Confirmed Cast
Since the upcoming movie is going to be a sequel of Ghostbusters: Legacy , we of course can't imagine the movie without our main protagonists Finn, Phoebe Spengler, Callie and Mr. Grooberson. With it Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Carrie Coon and Paul Rudd are going to return to play their roles.
We also got a lot of other familiar faces who will come back for Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire: Patton Oswalt, Celeste O'Connor, Logan Kim, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Annie Potts are all going to be returning in Ghostbusters sequel and return to their roles.
An interesting new addition to the cast is going to be the actor Kumail Nanjiani. While we don't know what his exact role is going to be, we got some hot takes from him through an interview where he assured fans that "it's going to be a genuinely scary comedy:"
"There is some really genuinely, scary stuff. The scary stuff is actually scary."
But is it really gonna be that scary? Let's take a closer look at the plot!
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Plot
As you can see from the trailer, New York City is in the grip of an ice age. The citizens are put in direct danger, and it goes way beyond getting soaked in slime or having your car destroyed by the Statue of Liberty or a marshmallow man. It seems like this is a more serious threat than usual, perhaps we can expect some climate change references even.
Here is the only official plot synopsis we have, from Sony themselves:
In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second Ice Age.
What an interesting turn! But for more deets, we need to be patient and wait for March 22.